Mr. Aiello

Mr. Aiello
FrenchLa Déroute
Directed byPaul Tana
Written byTony Nardi
Paul Tana
Bruno Ramirez
Produced byMarc Daigle
Bernadette Payeur
StarringTony Nardi
Michèle-Barbara Pelletier
CinematographyMichel Caron
Edited byYves Chaput
Music byPierre Desrochers
Production
company
Distributed byLions Gate Films
Release date
  • February 19, 1998 (1998-02-19) (RVQC)
Running time
110 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Mr. Aiello (French: La Déroute) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Paul Tana and released in 1998.[1] The film stars Tony Nardi as Joe Aiello, a successful Italian Canadian businessman in Montreal whose life begins to unravel when his daughter (Michèle-Barbara Pelletier), whom he has long expected to take over the company, announces her plan to drop out of business school to become a photographer.[2]

Nardi received a Genie Award nomination for Best Actor at the 19th Genie Awards.[3]

  1. ^ "Sweet 16: The 16th Rendez-vous de Cinema Quebecois embraces the province's multicultural character for the first time". Montreal Gazette, February 20, 1998.
  2. ^ "Mini Reviews Part 2: A selection of short reviews of films showing at the festival". The Globe and Mail, September 12, 1998.
  3. ^ "They dream of Genies". Halifax Daily News, December 8, 1998.